Congress MPs from Telangana likely to resign

A day after the Centre appeared to put the Telangana issue on the backburner Congress MPs from the region are likely to resign on Thursday in protest against the government's action.

Sources said 12 Congress MPs from the Telangana region in Andhra Pradesh have decided to resign and are holding deliberations whether to send their resignations to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar or party chief Sonia Gandhi.

Karimnagar MP Ponnam Prabhakar said he has decided to put in his papers in protest against the government's statement which says further discussions are needed on the Telangana issue.

The MPs are planning to hold a demonstration in protest against the Centre's action.

The move comes in the wake of TRS MPs and MLAs resigning to protest Centre's statement that the situation in Andhra Pradesh has "altered" since it announced that steps to form Telangana will be initiated.

Rao had yesterday said the statement had once again "betrayed" the people of Telangana and called for a 48-hour bandh.

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